Name: ATI LAB Series - D. I. Y. Playwriting Workshop 2026 Public Reading
Start: 2026-06-13T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-06-13T16:00:00-04:00
Location: Carmel Clay Public Library

Aspiring playwrights will see their work come to life as professional actors read their brand new works! Come enjoy the discovery!
About this Event

ATI LAB Series - D. I. Y. Playwriting Workshop 2026 Public Reading

ATI announces the continued expansion of its LAB Series with the third annual DIY PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP. Registrants will join accomplished playwright, educator, and new works expert Andrew Kramer as he provides writing prompts, guidance, and inspiration for participants to start writing their own script. Then they will have the rare and thrilling experience of hearing their words brought to life by professional actors as they read excerpts from the brand-new works. Both novice and experienced writers are encouraged to participate.

This Eventbrite event is for the public reading. The workshop is free, registration will be capped at 15 and available on a first-come first-served basis. THE WORKSHOP CLASS IS NOW FULL. Workshop classes will consist of four 2-hour writing sessions on June 9-12. The short scenes or monologues that are created during those classes will then be read by a cast of professional actors in a free public performance on Saturday, June 13 at 2:00 pm. All classes, as well as the public performance, will be held at the Carmel Clay Public Library, 425 E. Main Street in Carmel, Indiana.

ANDREW KRAMER is a playwright, director, and new play dramaturg originally from Cleveland, OH. He is the Literary Director of American Lives Theatre in Indianapolis, where he previously directed the production of Will Arbery's Heroes of the Fourth Turning and directed Samuel D. Hunter's A Case for The Existence of God (April 2024). He is a graduate of Ball State University’s Department of Theatre & Dance and a proud alumni of the Emerging Writer’s Group at The Public Theatre. His plays have been developed through The Downstage Left Playwriting Residency at Stage Left Theatre, The Nord Playwriting Fellowship at Cleveland Public Theatre, the Groundbreakers Playwrights’ Group with the terraNOVA Theatre Collective, the SigWorks Musical Theatre Lab with Signature Theatre, the Ingram New Works Lab at Nashville Repertory Theatre and the Core Apprentice Writer Program at The Playwrights Center. He was a finalist for the Forward Flux’s New American Plays Commission. His work has been seen in Cleveland, Indianapolis, Chicago, Brooklyn, Kansas City, Lincoln, Louisville, Nashville, Houston, Williamsburg VA, New York City, Sacramento, Washington D.C, Cairns Australia and Bucharest Romania.

The ATI LAB Series is the company’s commitment to nurturing and developing new plays and musicals through readings and workshops. This program is a partnership with the Carmel Clay Public Library Foundation and American Lives Theatre. The ATI LAB Series is sponsored by retired educator, Jennifer Hershberger.